Premier League Play-offs: Rodina Moskva - FK Nizjni Novgorod pre-match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Russia Premier League Play-offs
Competition: Wed 07.June
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Futbol'naya Akademiya Spartak im. F. Cherenkova (16500 seats)

This is the Premier League Play-offs season opener for these sides, whom are finally battling for points again. Will Rodina Moskva or FK Nizjni Novgorod get that important first win?

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rodina Moskva form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Rodina Moskva as they were promoted from FNL last season. Happy days that were secured through 13 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses from 34 games. The team scored 20 goals at home last season and conceded 23. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

There will be little rest for Rodina after this match as they are travelling to FK Nizjni Novgorod for a Premier League Play-offs game in only three days.

Rodina Moskva have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and nine practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Rodina Moskva scored {10 goals} and let in {7 goals} during these nine games.

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FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for FK Nizjni Novgorod as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 8 victories from 30 games, relegation was a fact. FK Nizjni Novgorod's manager Yuran are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier League at the first attempt.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rodina Moskva in just three days.

It's a day of discovery for FK Nizjni Novgorod as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Novgorod have played eight with the results W2-D3-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games FK Nizjni Novgorod has scored {7 goals} and conceded 7 times.

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Top Goalscorers

FK Nizjni NovgorodT. Suleymanov
T. Suleymanov
10 goals
Rodina MoskvaA. Gordyushenko
A. Gordyushenko
5 goals

Rodina Moskva missing players

FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rodina Moskva FK Nizjni Novgorod
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Rodina Moskva Last season FK Nizjni Novgorod
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   15 30
13 5   Won W   3 8
11 6   Drew D   3 6
10 6   Lost L   9 16
42 20   Scored S   11 33
38 23   Conceded C   22 50
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
74% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 77%
41% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 63%
24% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 33%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
53% 65%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
32% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 23%
26% 24%   Failed to Score F T   40% 40%
 
5.5 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.8
4.5 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.1
2.5 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.8
0 0   Red cards R C   3 6
 
1.7 1.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 10.4
1.1 0.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
144% 186%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 30%
 
2 2.2   Shots against (avg) S A   16.4 13.6
0.8 0.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 4.9

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rubin Kazan 34 19 12 3 53 27 17 10 6 1 35 16 17 9 6 2 18 11 26 69
2 Baltika 34 18 13 3 56 30 17 11 5 1 28 15 17 7 8 2 28 15 26 67
3 Spartak Vladikavkaz 34 17 11 6 56 35 17 9 6 2 34 21 17 8 5 4 22 14 21 62
4 Yenisey 34 13 15 6 43 35 17 10 6 1 25 13 17 3 9 5 18 22 8 54
5 Rodina Moskva 34 13 11 10 42 38 17 5 6 6 20 23 17 8 5 4 22 15 4 50
6 Neftekhimik 34 12 11 11 34 33 17 6 6 5 17 15 17 6 5 6 17 18 1 47
7 Akron 34 10 16 8 38 36 17 5 9 3 20 14 17 5 7 5 18 22 2 46
8 Makhachkala 34 12 10 12 25 29 17 7 5 5 15 11 17 5 5 7 10 18 -4 46
9 Shinnik 34 13 7 14 36 41 17 10 5 2 23 11 17 3 2 12 13 30 -5 46
10 SKA Khabarovsk 34 11 11 12 50 39 17 8 6 3 32 11 17 3 5 9 18 28 11 44
11 KAMAZ 34 11 11 12 35 36 17 7 6 4 20 15 17 4 5 8 15 21 -1 44
12 Volgar Astrakhan 34 11 11 12 37 41 17 7 5 5 15 15 17 4 6 7 22 26 -4 44
13 Arsenal Tula 34 11 8 15 37 46 17 6 4 7 23 27 17 5 4 8 14 19 -9 41
14 Urozhay 34 9 10 15 36 41 17 6 4 7 19 16 17 3 6 8 17 25 -5 37
15 Veles 34 9 6 19 35 55 17 7 3 7 20 19 17 2 3 12 15 36 -20 33
16 Ufa 34 8 8 18 35 46 17 6 4 7 21 19 17 2 4 11 14 27 -11 32
17 Krasnodar II 34 8 7 19 32 54 17 4 4 9 16 25 17 4 3 10 16 29 -22 31
18 Volga Ulyanovsk 34 6 12 16 23 41 17 3 5 9 10 24 17 3 7 7 13 17 -18 30
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zenit 30 21 7 2 74 20 15 13 1 1 48 11 15 8 6 1 26 9 54 70
2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 7 6 56 27 15 11 3 1 38 11 15 6 4 5 18 16 29 58
3 Spartak Moskva 30 15 9 6 60 38 15 9 5 1 35 17 15 6 4 5 25 21 22 54
4 Rostov 30 15 8 7 48 44 15 9 3 3 25 20 15 6 5 4 23 24 4 53
5 Akhmat Grozny 30 15 5 10 51 39 15 7 3 5 21 17 15 8 2 5 30 22 12 50
6 Krasnodar 30 13 9 8 62 46 15 8 4 3 29 18 15 5 5 5 33 28 16 48
7 Orenburg 30 14 4 12 58 55 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 1 10 21 36 3 46
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 6 11 54 46 15 6 3 6 30 23 15 7 3 5 24 23 8 45
9 Dinamo Moskva 30 13 6 11 49 45 15 8 2 5 25 20 15 5 4 6 24 25 4 45
10 Sochi 30 11 5 14 37 54 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 3 1 11 11 36 -17 38
11 Ural 30 10 6 14 33 45 15 6 1 8 17 23 15 4 5 6 16 22 -12 36
12 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 8 14 32 45 15 4 6 5 14 17 15 4 2 9 18 28 -13 32
13 Fakel 30 6 12 12 36 48 15 4 8 3 22 22 15 2 4 9 14 26 -12 30
14 FK Nizjni Novgorod 30 8 6 16 33 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 15 3 3 9 11 22 -17 30
15 Khimki 30 4 6 20 25 67 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 1 2 12 12 42 -42 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 30 3 4 23 22 61 15 2 1 12 9 30 15 1 3 11 13 31 -39 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 HyPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 JaPS II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 KoiPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Loviisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 NouLa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 PKKU II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 PuiU Helsinki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 RiPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 ToTe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 TuPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Valtti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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